not close to happening imo but football will go one of theee ways and possibly a mix off two,

1,seperate TV Rights,

2,European Super league

or 3 Abolision of relegation from the premiership

it'll be 1,2 or 3

or 1 &2 or 3

from when the Premier league was made seperate from the football league the writing was on the wall, imo i don't claim to have known this at the time (given my age when it was done) but shit like that was the first straw.

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I don't really believe this story, sounds like BNP esque scare mongering from the LMA.

Man Utd

Liverpool

Arsenal

Chelsea

Man City

QPR

Blackburn

Villa

Looking at that list how many of these clubs are really concerned with relegation to the point they'd vote in something as drastic as this?

its not just a case of being scared of relegation,

its a thing where if it was only the "true elite" of English football playing in this league, where the likes of Bill Kenwright and Dave Whelen were able to throw caution to the wind and go all out to try and compete due to there being no threat of Relegation,

and also end of the season game would be more exciting as even though some teams would have nothing to play for they could go gung ho in the knowledge that relegation wouldnt be on the cards as it could be now,

they could theoretically demand more money for what probably would be a more exciting league. (tv rights wise)

a mere gaurentee of an extra £10 mill a season to these clubs would have them licking there lips,and in reality were probably talking a lot more money than that in the medium to long term,

i expect the Goverment to quash any of this talk in the bud very quickly though,

a better question for you to ask is, out of all those clubs you named, which one would say no to this,

as the only reason to say no would be to protect the traditions of the game, imo that isn't really a priority for the owners of the vast majority of clubs,

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The pendulum swing both ways. Dont you think it could allow for a more boring league, with teams that have realised the title is no longer within grasp having nothing to care about towards the end of the season.

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The thing is though that it would be similar to the way the sports leagues in America work so the location of clubs would be a big factor in whether or not they'd be included. A lot of the clubs that might be up for this at first glance need to think long and hard about how it could work against them.

For example Wigan are poorly supported, have little tradition of being a big club and are situated in Lancashire where there are arguably at least 4 teams with more pulling power so they'd probably be elected out within a few years of it getting off the ground.

Where you've got 2 clubs in an average sized city would also be something that would work against some clubs.

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The pendulum swing both ways. Dont you think it could allow for a more boring league, with teams that have realised the title is no longer within grasp having nothing to care about towards the end of the season.

So it'd be no different to how it is now, except for the added bonus (in their eyes) that the teams lower in the league won't be just playing it safe and will keep going to win games, instead if parking the bus in order to secure what would've been safety.

European Super League would be a waste of time!

For who?

Financially in the short term it would be massively profitable,

Then when the hype dies out the relevant teams would slunk of back to their leagues, who will be more than happy to gave their cash cows back,

The thing is though that it would be similar to the way the sports leagues in America work so the location of clubs would be a big factor in whether or not they'd be included. A lot of the clubs that might be up for this at first glance need to think long and hard about how it could work against them.

For example Wigan are poorly supported, have little tradition of being a big club and are situated in Lancashire where there are arguably at least 4 teams with more pulling power so they'd probably be elected out within a few years of it getting off the ground.

Where you've got 2 clubs in an average sized city would also be something that would work against some clubs.

True, but these clubs are in the minority

As you say this will burn Wigan and possibly Blackburn in the long term, the Bristol clubs or at least one if them anyway will be licking their lips at the prospect. Only needs 14 teams to pass the ruling. If I'm correct.

Looking at the league, I reckon if they're serious about it, and the people who are really on it can sell it to the others they'll easily get the 14